HNLMS De Ruyter

HNLMS De Ruyter was a Royal Netherlands Navy light cruiser that was launched on 11 March 1935 and commissioned on 3 October 1936. She had a good fire control system but low armor, which would later prove fatal. During World War II, she served as the flagship of Admiral Karel Doorman, and Eugene Lacomble captained her. On 4 February 1942, the De Ruyter was damaged by a Japanese air attack at the Battle of Bali Sea, and she also fought at the Badung Strait. Her final battle was the 27 February Battle of the Java Sea, during which she was struck by a Japanese torpedo. Doorman and Lacomble ensured that her crew had evacuated her before deciding to go down with the ship.